Where's My Darned Movie?

Rating: 2/10 (21 July 2013)

This movie has the honor of being my first IMAX 3D exposure to any movie. I have to admit that the effects, the 3D, and the surround sound is impressive. As for the movie, the plot has pretty much been done in 100's of films already. Aliens spoiling for taking over Earth (obviously they have not read any of our news about how we have wrecked the planet with climate change) have opened a portal into our planet to develop and plant monster after monster on our planet with plans to attack and destroy us. They want Earth and they want it bad. Sci-Fi fanatics plot to be sure.
The best feature of this movie is that it is short, because it seems to turn into one attack after another after the first 15 minutes of the film. In fact, the scenes with people fleeing the attacks in Hong Kong reminded me very much of a 1950's Godzilla movie. Even the alien monsters look a lot like good old Godzilla, and in the case of the pregnant one, the bride of Godzilla.
The humor is the only relief in this exercise, but there is not enough there to make it entertaining. The script is short and I feel sorry for the cast trying to bring over this turkey. Still, there are some great CGI effects so I guess everything is not lost.
As for me, the most interesting moment is in the previews. It appears Warner Brothers is updating a great movie into the 3D Imax Surround Format that ought to really be something to see. They showed a new trailer for the 75 year old film which pretty much concentrated on special effects of the film, which after watching this one is 75 years ahead of it's time.
Whoever at Warner had the idea of doing the old movie ought to be congratulated because I'd like to see it in IMax not just for special effects but to hear one of the great movie musical sound tracks in surround sound. That preview was for the 1939 Classic Wizard of Oz.
As for Pacific Rim, it appears the San Andreas Fault is not in Kansas yet, Dorothy. If this movie was 3 hours long (ugh) there would be no place like home.